Hashed Five Acres was an arable field actually of nearly 6 acres, situated between Clews Lane and Kiln Lane. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 5 acres 3 roods and 21 perches; on the OS map as 5.846 acres.

Because of its shape, Hashed Five Acres was almost certainly formed by combining a number of smaller fields. These most likely included "Church Close" and "Blundells Barn Close".

In the first half of the 18th century, Church Close and "one close abutting upon the barn late of Thomas Blundell" were owned by John Goreing along with the messuage and tenement called Cowhurst. When John Goreing died in 1755, he left Cowhurst and its lands to his daughter Jane. Jane died the following year and the property passed to the children of her sister, Elizabeth, who was married to James Collyer. These children, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah and Jane Collyer were aged from one to six years at the time.

In 1778, Elizabeth, Ann and Jane (all now married) passed their shares in the property to their sister Sarah Collyer, under the terms of an Indenture, by which Sarah would be paid the sum of £1000 and the property would eventually pass to the children of Elizabeth and her husband, Richard Piercy. In July 1800, Sarah having recieved the sum of £1000, James Piercy, the sole surviving child of Elizabeth and Richard took possession of Cowhurst and its lands and immediately sold it to James Living of Chertsey.

In July 1804, James Living sold to John Churchill "all that barn and the land whereon a messuage formerly stood called Cowhurst and two closes called the Barn Closes, one close called Church Close and one close abutting upon the barn late of Thomas Blundell".

In 1808, John Churchill sold the lands to John Lipscomb of Horsell, who held them until his death in 1862.

John Lipscomb's executors were his nephews James Lipscomb and John Stedman and his friend Edward Chitty. In 1865, Edward Chitty took possession.